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Dr. Lambert regrets he will not be able to make a scheduled meeting with President Roosevelt. He has been taking care of a very sick student and another sick child, and he feels he cannot leave just now.
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1907-01-24
President Roosevelt opines that “Ward was the man to appoint.” He asks “how can we get at Platt?” and directs Henry W. Taft to talk with Parsons. Roosevelt questions if Frank Platt and Depew should be spoken to.
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1907-05-09
President Roosevelt tells Senator Platt that he does not believe such a commission needs to be created. When Roosevelt next sees Platt or his son Frank Hinchman Platt he will explain why the State department would not appoint the two men put forward to head such a commission
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1907-04-01
President Roosevelt complies with New York Senator Platt’s request to renominate Assistant Treasurer Hamilton Fish II for his current position. Roosevelt also extends sympathy to Platt’s son, Frank Hinchman Platt, who is mourning the death of his daughter, Ellen Barstow Platt.
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1907-02-19
President Roosevelt assures Charles M. Hough that if he decides to pursue Hough’s appointment as a judge, he will use the knowledge of the letter between Frank Hinchman Platt and Senator Thomas Collier Platt. Roosevelt is not sure what he will do yet, because while he has heard many good things about Hough, he is somewhat uncomfortable about the effect Hough’s connections with the Pennsylvania Railroad may have on public opinion.
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1906-05-31
President Roosevelt confirms receipt of a letter from Senator Platt’s son Frank Hinchman Platt, and has given it to Secretary of State Elihu Root. Roosevelt has heard conflicting reports about William H. Ellis.
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1906-05-18
President Roosevelt wishes he could have been among the “affectionate and loyal” neighbors that greeted Senator Platt.
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1904-09-27
President Roosevelt wants Frank Hinchman Platt and an unnamed senator to know that he did not dictate Attorney General Knox’s opinion in the case. He finds it funny that they cannot understand the idea of “prosecuting a rascal because he is a rascal.”
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1903-08-04
Attorney General Knox has refused to open negotiations on a potential compromise in the silk fraud case as requested by Frank Hinchman Platt.
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1903-08-04
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt instructs William Wirt Kimball on how to interact with the representatives from various newspapers. He directs Kimball to write to Paul Dana, the editor of the Sun, about taking a representative out on a boat. Roosevelt is working on assembling the flotilla to be ready by October 1.
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1897-09-22
Senator Platt replies to President Roosevelt’s letter concerning conflicting accounts of William H. Ellis. Platt indicates that his son, Frank Hinchman Platt, knows more about the subject and encloses a letter from him for Roosevelt’s information.
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1906-05-28
Albert H. Howe thanks William Loeb for the opportunity to read an unidentified enclosure. He will discuss it with Frank Hinchman Platt, who looks after Thomas Collier Platt’s legal interests. Howe also expresses his approval of President Roosevelt’s action in appointing Oscar J. Ricketts as head of the government printing office.
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1905-09-12
William F. King recommends that attorney William Wickham Smith be generously remunerated for “the successful work that he has accomplished” in the Japanese silk fraud case.
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1904-03-22
Hamilton Fish comments on the outcome of the conference held regarding the leadership of the Republican party in the state of New York, with Senator Platt supporting the chairmanship of Governor Benjamin B. Odell. Fish suggests that there is “little reason to doubt” President Roosevelt will secure New York’s electoral vote, now that this matter has been settled.
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1904-03-21
Nicholas Murray Butler writes to President Roosevelt of his recent meetings with Joseph Bucklin Bishop and Mrs. Roosevelt and advises Roosevelt to keep political distance from Seth Low during the presidential campaign. Butler discusses the involvement of Frank Hinchman Platt, Lemuel Ely Quigg, and Mr. Van Cott in the Odell-Platt arrangement and mentions newspaper articles on the topic published in The Sun. Butler includes a clipping from The World.
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1903-11-28
Thomas Collier Platt writes to President Roosevelt to discuss a letter written by Frank Hinchman Platt requesting a settlement. It was understood that Roosevelt supported the request, so Platt has enclosed a follow-up note inquiring about the situation.
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1903-08-05
Attorney General Knox shares his opinion concerning defense attorney Frank Hinchman Platt’s request to negotiate a compromise of the Japanese silk fraud case.
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1903-08-03
Francis G. Kimball informs Vice President Roosevelt that Frank Hinchman Platt will not be in the office until Wednesday due to the death of Herman O. Armour.
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1901-09-09